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What Clarence Thomas really thinks

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

Race Is the Master Explainer of Political Futility

The left has its own version of that argument, which we call structural arguments. In the united states at least, i think race was always the master explainer of political futility. And it's not just about race. There's a reason why these discourses are so prominent, persuasive and powerful. They mirror a world that we live it. It's hard to believe in getting yourself out of that world.

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